Anticancer activity of ruthenium(II) plumbagin complexes with polypyridyl as ancillary ligands via inhibiting energy metabolism and GADD45A-mediated cell cycle arrest.

Eur J Med Chem

State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, PR China. Electronic address:

Published: June 2022

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To study the antitumor activity and action mechanism of Ru(II) polypyridyl plumbagin (PLN) complexes, four complexes [Ru(PLN)(DMSO)]Cl (Ru1), [Ru(bpy)(PLN)](PF) (bpy is bipyridine) (Ru2), [Ru(phen)(PLN)](PF) (phen is 1,10-phenanthroline) (Ru3), and [Ru(DIP)(PLN)](PF) (DIP is 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline) (Ru4) were obtained and fully characterized. Lipophilicity, cellular uptake and cytotoxicity of these Ru(II) complexes are in the order of: Ru1

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